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Issues in the News

News from the past month
March 20: Scientists take the initiative to prevent athletes from turning to gene therapy for performance enhancement (full story)

March 20: Study shows depressed patients who switch meds generally do well (full story)

March 18: Scientists believe they've found a causal link between genetics and the eating disorder anorexia nervosa (full story)

March 4: Study published by American Psychiatric Association about self-injurious behavior in patients with eating disorders (article abstract)

February 25: A study shows that people with bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder are more likely to binge in the dark (full article)

News from previous months

  • February 7, 2002: Study finds that intense training will not stunt young girls' growth Full article
  • February 5, 2002: Connecticut law considered prohibiting sexual contact between coaches and students under the age of 18
  • January 26, 2002: Chicago area figure skating coach accused of improper sexual contact with student (article no longer available online)

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